Patricia Polacco's family stories provide an interesting and neutral way to begin discussions about families. Students can make connections from their own family experiences to some of her family experiences.

Patricia Polacco's family stories provide an interesting and neutral way to begin discussions about families. Students can make connections from their own family experiences to some of her family experiences.

Patricia Polacco's family stories provide an interesting and neutral way to begin discussions about families. Students can make connections from their own family experiences to some of her family experiences.

This 3-day activity reinforces what students have learned about animals. The activities focus on farm animals: cows, pigs, hens and ducks.

Sharing quality literature provides the teacher with great opportunities for the class to discuss the interactions and feelings of people. It also allows the students to make connections based on their own feelings and experiences.

This is a computer science lesson plan created by educators in the South Sanpete School District. After reading Hello Ruby: Expedition to the Internet, students will answer several questions to determine the key details of the text. Afterward, students will create a puzzle in which they demonstrate how people are connected to others and information through an internet network. The lesson is designed for kindergarten and includes modifications for grades 2-3.

This activity teaches children six question words: who, what, when, where, why and how.

This is a fun lesson plan is meant to help students master the ability to retell a story with a beginning middle and end, and identify important characters and settings in the story.  It will also help students learn the very basics of film making including story boarding, creating props and scenery, the importance or lighting and camera placement, copyright, and audio.

This lesson is to help early readers and non readers understand and recall information from the story Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina. This lesson is primarily for preschool children, but can be used with kindergarteners. Children will listen to the story of a peddler trying to sell his caps. The peddler takes a rest under a tree and when he awaks, the caps, which he keeps on his head, have vanished. He looks around and finally realizes that it's monkeys in a tree who have taken his caps. Once the story is read, children will choose a stick out a jar, containing a question or prompt about the book. This lesson is designed for a small group (3-5) of children. There are several extensions that can be done with this lesson including acting out the story and a small art project. 

Using the The Tortoise and the Hare fable students will learn basic map skills.